I realize we're past window here, but a few things:
1) I'm concerned about changing our testing standards prior to getting some practice in on holding to tighter bounds on what can go into a particular kind of fix number. However, I generally like the idea of just relying on people voting -1 for insufficient testing. 2) We really could have used a [VOTE] on changing 1.x versions to use bugfix for the last number. It would be an opportunity to formally adopt our release governance docs into the PMC bylaws by reference. 3) As a point of principle, David's veto was completely valid as it stood. While we are individuals it's perfectly reasonable for the PMC to set requirements on what goes into a release we sign off on, even if the PMC members may not always have ready access to the resources needed to meet that standard. There's no reason David should have to volunteer resources to back up his veto, especially when it was merely calling for a continuation of the standard we already had set. 4) While I'm not in a position to obligate Cloudera, the team I'm on currently has been allocated sufficient resources to meet the current testing standards for a release and I have no reason to believe we won't have said resources when future release windows happen. -Sean On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:03 PM, David Medinets <[email protected]> wrote: > +0 I'm changing my vote after some reconsideration. Having the ability > to vote -1 on a release as Keith mentioned is good enough for a > bug-fix release. > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:20 PM, David Medinets > <[email protected]> wrote: > > -1 I hesitate to step into this discussion because I can't also step > > up and do the long-term testing even as I recommend that it must be > > done. There are at least four companies supporting Accumulo and > > contributing back to the project. Surely one of those companies can > > supply the resources to continue the existing test regimen? Is there > > some concern that those resources won't be available for the next > > release cycle? > > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As we're starting to consider 1.5.2 and 1.6.1 coming out in the near > future, > >> I want to revisit a discussion[1] I started at the end of April > regarding > >> the "testing burden" that is currently set forth in our release > document[2]. > >> > >> What I'm proposing is to modify the language of the release document to > be > >> explicit about the amount of testing needed. For bug-fix, "minor" > releases > >> (e.g. 1.5.2 and 1.6.1), the 7 days of testing using continuous ingest > and > >> randomwalk (with and without agitation) will be clearly defined as "may" > >> instead of "should" or "must" language. If the resources are available, > it > >> is recommended that some longer, multi-process/node test is run against > the > >> release candidate; however, it is not required and should not prevent us > >> from making the minor release. > >> > >> I will also include language that strongly recommends that the changes > >> included in the "minor" release be vetted/reviewed as a way to mitigate > the > >> risk of shipping new regressions. > >> > >> I am not recommending that the language be changed for "major" releases > >> (e.g. 1.7.0 and 2.0.0) as these releases still imply significant new > >> features or internal changes. > >> > >> Unless someone informs me otherwise, I will treat this as a normal > >> lazy-consensus approval. Assuming we move closer to "proper" semantic > >> versioning for 2.0.0, I believe these updated guidelines will change > again. > >> I do however think there is merit in making this change now so that we > can > >> get the good bugs that we've fixed out to our users. > >> > >> Let me know what you think. I will wait, at least, the prescribed three > days > >> before changing any thing. > >> > >> - Josh > >> > >> [1] > >> > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/accumulo-dev/201404.mbox/%3C535931A7.30605%40gmail.com%3E > >> [2] http://accumulo.apache.org/governance/releasing.html > -- Sean
